“Unmasking the Deceit: How ‘Hybrid Publisher’ Became the New Buzzword for Scams in the Literary World”
1. They find a new book on Amazon, Google the author’s name and book title, and find the author online. They will then either email or call the author (or both). Contrary to true hybrid publishers, these scam companies will publish anything and everything.
2. They also will run ads on social media using the term “hybrid publisher” to try to fool unwary authors.
3. The scammer will then claim that they’ll pay half of the author’s fees to get their new book published.
4. In reality, the scammer isn’t going to contribute one penny toward the publication costs for the book. Instead, they charge the author an outrageous price and they never contribute a dime to the publication costs of that book.
